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6- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, March 5, 1996 188 MARY STREET - PORT PERRY, ONT - LOL 1B7 PHONE (905) 985-7383 FAX (905) 985-3708 The Port Perry Star is authorized as second class mall by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, for cash payment of postage. Second Class Mail Registration 0265 Subscription Rates: 1 Year - $32.10 6 Months - $17.65 Foreign - $90.95 Includes $2.10 GST Includes $1.15 GST Includes $5.95 GST he urd Preven Slax BUSINESS OFFICE ADVERTISING Advertising Manager... Anna Jackman Advertising Sales Myra Park Joanne Brambrough, Deb McEachern, | Telemarketing..Cindy Jobin AWARD Rhonda Mulcahy, Annabell Trudy Empringham, sesesene 1995 Nancy Hvidsten Robert Taylor, Richard Drew EDITORIAL oo Publisher .............. J. Peter Hvidsten ~~ Office Manager...Gayle Stapley NA OR General Manager ....Don Macl.eod Accounting......Judy Ashby, Louise Hope *C BLUE Managing Editor ..... Jeff Mitchell Retail Sales......Kathy Dudley, Nancy Lee Te RIBBON Sports Editor........... Kelly Lown PRODUCTION Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Assac. Ontario Community Newspaper Assoc. Published every Tuesday by the Port Perry Star Co. Lid. - 188 Mary Street - Port Perry, Ont. Harrison, Editorial Comment Government out of touch It is with sadness we note this week the closure of Scugog's Agriculture Employment Services (AES) office. They're winding down operations and preparing to forever close the doors of the Water St. office, victims of government cutbacks. The move marks the further withdrawal of important services from rural Canada. For more than 20 years, AES has provided a link between farmers seeking dependable labor, and the jobless -- many of them young -- looking to make their own way by working for a living, rather than relying on unemployment payments or social assistance. The government's move was one of expediency. They have a mandate to cut costs, and saw AES as an easy target. Not considered in the move was the true value of the service to the community, or the possibilities for continued operation with a reduced budget. After all: The office has operated since last spring's budget with 35 per cent less funding than in past years. Managers in the offices should have been given the opportunity to submit proposals for a leaner operation. Instead, their pleas fell on deaf ears. Any | attempt by AES offices or the agricultural organizations with which they have been affiliated to get the government to re-think the | move met with stubborn silence. I's a shame. And it proves that despite assertions to the contrary, big government | remains largely out of touch and out of tune with ordinary Canadians, and their communities. And as the cuts continue, both federally and provincially, we are bound to shake our heads as local services are cut, while big expenditures continue without justification, or our approval. --¥ T777 TT // Wi, /] 77 i 2) i (x) 1) 1, Wl 1) / : 2% - So - ~ cs -, & ro td Se Ro Eye; ee ae atest el Se, CRN To the Editor: How is it that after 90 years of public-owned, non-profit electricity ih Ontario, our govern- ment now thinks that we will be better off buy- ing electricity from profit-hungry corporations? This is like selling your house to pay off the mortgage, and then renting your house back from the new owners. Naturally the new own- ers will want enough rent from you to pay off the mortgage as well as a little bit more for their profit margin. This makes good sense to PHOTO COURTESY SCUGOG SHORES MUSEUM VILLAGE Hydro sell-off will benefit only fat cats the fat-cat bankers, who get transaction fees, and the new fat-cat owners, who get the profits, but it makes no sense at all for the customers. Ontario Hydro's major restructuring and cost-cutting over the last four years have pro- ven to be extremely successful. Hydro will pay off 25 per cent of its debt in the next five years, and still manage to keep rate increases to zero per cent. In the U.S, public power is 33 per cent cheaper on average than private power. And in the U.K., it seems to be just one scandal after Turnto Page 10 REMEMBER 45 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 8, 1951 Andy Anderson of Port Perry will be the guest speaker at the Oshawa Garden Club this week. Congratulations to Norma Levinson and Donna Samells in their high standing at the Kiwanis Music Festival held in Toronto this week. Norma had 81 marks and Donna 82. Both are pupils of Florence McClintoch. 30 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 10, 1966 Officer Cadet James H. Carnegie of Port Perry, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Carnegie, successfully completed the Basic Air Crew introductory course at RCAF station, Centralia. More advance training as a pilot will be undertaken at Flying Schools at Gimli, Manitoba and Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Mr. Lloyd Wilson, of RR. 1 Ashburn, was elected president of the Ontario Hog we of pet | " Producers Association. 20 YEARS AGO Wednesday, March 10, 1976 Faulty electrical wiring started a fire which caused $25,000 damage to the home il A panoramic view of Port Perry southeast from Cochrane Street. The date of the photo is unknown, but was possibly taken in the 1930s. WHEN....? of Christopher Gray, R.R. 4 Port Perry. The fire kept firemen busy from 3:30-7p.m. and then no sooner did they get back to the hall, and they had to return because flames erupted again. Leslie Forder of Port Perry has placed first in the Royal Canadian Legion's Public Speaking Contest held in Uxbridge. Leslie now goes to district competition being held in Lindsay. 10YEARS AGO Tuesday, March 11, 1986 Marnie O'Toole, a Grade 4 student at Prince Albert Public School placed first in the Legion public speaking contest and Evan Hildreth, a Grade 6 student placed second. For the first time ever students at Port Perry High School will be able to attend classes and get valuable on the job experience through a new full-range co- operative education program at the school. Barry Townsend, of Port Perry, an avid Coca-Cola collector has 1500 pieces of memorabilia with the soft drink's logo on it. Julie Kohls and Steve Landon placed first in their categories at the public school science fair competition. y